Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, March 24 (Reporter Yu Pei) "Mother" rehearsed by the Wuhan Peking Opera Theatre recently premiered in Wuhan. The two-hour performance outlines the legendary life of the "revolutionary mother" Ge Jianhao.

The whole play not only shows the reform and innovation of Peking Opera art, but also presents a magnificent history of revolutionary struggle.

  The Peking Opera "Mother" was produced by the Wuhan Peking Opera Company Co., Ltd., and performed jointly by the Wuhan Peking Opera Theater, the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Conservatory of Music of Jianghan University. One of the key repertoires of the Chinese Theatre Festival.

  Ge Jianhao is known as the "mother of the revolution" and nurtured revolutionary pioneers such as Cai Hesen, Xiang Jingyu, Cai Chang, and Li Fuchun. Many children sacrificed for the revolution.

The whole drama uses the stories of Hugh leaving home, studying half a hundred, studying in France, bereaved and bereavement, returning home to run school and other stories to outline Ge Jianhao's extraordinary life.

  The Peking Opera "Mother" is written by the playwright Zhao Ruitai and directed by the drama director Huang Dingshan. It is led by Liu Ziwei, the winner of the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Drama and the Dean of the Wuhan Peking Opera Theater, and Lantian, a national first-class actor of the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater.

The whole play uses symphony accompaniment, and blends modern dance beauty into the pure Peking opera singing, presenting an extremely impactful viewing effect.

  The reporter learned that in order to better present the story of Ge Jianhao's "Three-inch Golden Lotus Walks the World", the actor Liu Ziwei performed on stilts throughout the performance, and also completed difficult movements such as rope skipping and Cancan dance.

This pair of "little feet" is exactly the traditional "saw skill" of Chinese opera. Nowadays, it is seldom shown on the stage because of the difficulty of practice.

  The famous literary critic Zhong Chengxiang said that Peking Opera "Mother" not only has traditional opera styles, but also uses an open eye to absorb many elements of opera, drama, dance and modern media.

Polished with time, "Mother" is expected to become a masterpiece of art that can stand, spread, and stay.